Cigar bunching and wrapping machine



(No Model.)

J. J. BAGH.

CIGAR BUNGHING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

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CIGAR BUNGHING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

No. 450.831. Patented Apr. 21,1891.

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PATENT OFFICE.

BAOII, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR BUNCHING AND Vt/RAPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,831, dated April 21, 1891. Application filed July 26, 1 890. Serial No. 359,980. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. EACH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Cigar Bunchin g and Wrapping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of cigar buuching and wrapping or binding machines in which a rolling-apron is employed to carry the bunch or filler over a bed on which the wrapper or binder has been previously laid, my present improvement consisting especially in providing the apron with forming devices of a character more fully described hereinafter, and by means of which the cigar is shaped at head or tip, or at both head and tip, as desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a transverse section through the frame of the machine, showing the working portions in elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 1 2, Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a section, also enlarged, on the line 3 4, Fig. 2. Figs.5 and 6 are respectively a plan view and a sectional View showing a modification of the invention, and Fig. 7 is a view illustrating the operation of the bunching-rollers.

The table A of the machine is placed in a horizontal position and is provided at its front end with a space for the reception of the removable mold common to machines of this class, and as described in my former patent of October 9, 1888,No. 390,940. The rear end of the table is provided with pockets O for the reception of the rolled cigar, and to the rear of the table is also secured one end of the apron D, the opposite end of said apron passing over a roller on a movable frame E and being secured to a hinged plate F. The apron is depressed into the mold B, as usual, and the filler of tobacco forming the bunch is placed therein on top of said apron.

In order to form the smaller end portions of the cigar, I attach to that portion of the apron which effects the preliminary action on the bunch and adjacent to one or to both edges thereof a strip D, preferably of elastic material. This strip, being designed to form the smaller end portion of the cigar, is secured at its opposite ends to the apron, the distance on the apron between the points of attael1- ment of the strip to the apron being in all cases greater than the length of the strip 1 tself, so that when the apron is depressed n the mold the central portion of the strip w ll hang loosely down in such mold, as shown in Fig. 3, the distance between the edge of the strip and the main body of the apron in the bottom of the mold depending on the point of attachment of the ends of the strip to the apron and being governed bythediameterof theends of the cigar to be formed. It will also be seen that by the use of a short forming-strip at the edges of the apron the ends of the cigar are shaped first, and the main body of the apron will act only on the larger portion of the cigar after the end of this strip is reached, thus overcoming a serious objection to aprons which act upon all portions of the cigar while it is being traversed over the table, and where the tendency is to twist the cigar, owing to the difference in the diameter of the cigar at different points on its length. These strips, as shown in Fig. 4, are tapering toward the ends, or, if it be desired to avoid the use of strips tapering in cross-section, plain strips of even thickness throughout may be simply attached to the apron in such manner that the upper face of the strip, when depressed in the mold, will occupy an inclined position with respect to the apron corresponding to the position assumed by the upper face of the tapering strip shown in Fig. 4, such plaln strips being attached to the apron in the position shown in Figs. and 6.

The bunching-rollers e e are supported in a reciproeatin g frame E, consisting of opposite uprights E, provided at their lower ends with anti-friction rollers or wheels f, embracing horizontal guide-bars g, secured to the bed of the machine, the uprights being also provided wit-h extensions f, also embracing the guide bars g and aiding to keep the frame E in a vertical position.

It has been found desirable to employ two rollers e c, in order that that portion of the apron extending back from the frame E to the plate F maynot eomein contact with the portion confining the cigar-bunch during the operation of the machine, the rear roller 6 serving to prevent any such contact between portions of the apron, as shown in Fig. 7,

while the lower roller may be of very small diameter, so as to occupy a position in the angle between the filler and the table and serving to guide the apron around a greater portion of the filler than if a roller of large diameter were employed. The front end of the apron is secured to a hinged plate F, which is acted upon by a spring h, secured to a fixed stop K, tending to draw the plate forward and to keep the apron slightly taut, so that it may be more conveniently depressed into the mold. This plate is also provided with an adjusting-bolt 70, passing through an orifice in the stop K, andhaving a nut by means of which the extent of rearward movement of the plate'F is governed.

When the frame E starts its rearward movement, the rollers e e draw the front end of the apron rearward to form the bight, until the rollers assume a position immediately in the rear of the bunch, the plate F being drawn back until the nut on the bolt 76, coming into contact with the stop K, prevents its further movement. Then the end of the apron being firmly held by the plate F, the frame E continues its movement and the rollers e c draw the apron and filler' from the mold and commence the rolling operation.

The reciprocation of the frame E is effected by means of apedal-bar L, fulcrumed atland connected to the frame by a bar Z, the parts being automatically returned to the first position for the reception of another bunch by means of a counter-balance an, attached to the upper end of the pedal-bar by a cord or chain m.

In order to out all of the cigars to a uniform length afterwrapping and to set the tip to the desired shape, I employ a tip-shaping cap N, in which the cigar is placed, its upper end projecting above a knife S, pivoted to the plate T, which may be vertically adjusted to suit different sizes of cigars by means of a screwtand adjusting-nut t. The

outer end of the knife is attached by a cord or chain .9 to a vertical arm .9, secured to the bar Z, so that at each reciprocation of the frame E the knife will be operated agl the end of a cigar severed. The vertical arm 8 is provided with a number of orifices s, in any claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An apron for cigar bunching or wrapping machines, consisting of a main apron and one or more shaping-strips extending along said apron for a portion only of its length, said strips being secured at their oppositeends to said main apron, substantially as specified.

2. An apron for cigarbunching or wrapping machines, consisting of a main apron and one or more shaping-strips secured at their opposite ends to said apron, the distance on the apron between the points of attachment of the strip to said apron being greater than the length of the strip, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, in a cigar bunching or wrapping machine, of a table, an apron having one of its ends secured to one end of said table, a hinged plate carrying the apron at the opposite end of said table, a spring-retractor for said plate, and adjusting devices for regulating the extent of movement of said plate, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN J. BAOI-l.

Witnesses:

JNo. E. PARKER, HARRY SMITH. 

